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Updated: csih-0.9.6-1


csih (cygwin-service-installation-helper) provides a library
of shell functions that can be used by other cygwin packages
that provide servers and daemons. It can assist in various
service installation tasks, such as:

* identifying the underlying Windows OS
* detecting whether a "privileged user" exists and what its
  name is (that is, a user account with enhanced privileges
  necessary for some services)
* creating a privileged user if one doesn't already exist
  (assuming the caller has permissions to create new users)
* creating "normal" users
* obtaining the (localized) name of well known accounts
  (Guest, Administrator)

It is currently used by inetutils(iu-config, syslogd-config),
openssh (ssh-host-config, ssh-user-config), sspi(sspi-config),
sysvinit(init-config), and various others.  csih should not be
used directly; instead, config scripts like the ones mentioned
above should 'source' the csih script, and then use the
functions provided.

[[ cygwin binary utilities compiled using gcc-4.5.3-3 ]]
[[ native binary utilities compiled using mingw-gcc-4.5.2-1 ]]

CHANGES (since 0.9.5)
========================
o Avoid language runtime DLLS in utility programs.

-- 
Charles Wilson
volunteer csih maintainer for cygwin

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your system.  Then, run setup and answer all of the questions.

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